20071230831059I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Namer P-51D · Van Nuys, CA · December 30, 2007

Date: December 30, 2007 · 11:13 local
Place: Van Nuys, CA
Airport: Van Nuys
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N514DK
Reported as: Namer P51D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N514DKRegistered now · North American P-51DS/N 45-11558 · Built 1945 Airframe modelNorth American P-51D Engine modelPkrd-Roll V1650 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On landing on runway 16R at 1113 PST, the airport police/fire dept photographs clearly indicate that as the pilot began applying brake pressure the left main brake or some other component in the brake system malfunctioned, causing the brake to apply sufficient pressure to leave an unbroken skid mark for about 100 feet which then caused the aircraft to pitch slightly forward, causing the propeller to strike the runway and veer the aircraft off the runway and into the grass. The airplane was slow at the end of the landing roll. Very minor damage and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 16R AT 1113 PST, THE AIRPORT POLICE/FIRE DEPT PHOTOGRAPHS CLEARLY INDICATE THAT AS THE PILOT BEGAN APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE THE LEFT MAIN BRAKE OR SOME OTHER COMPONENT IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKE TO APPLY SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO LEAVE AN UNBROKEN SKID MARK FOR ABOUT 100 FEET WHICH THEN CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH SLIGHTLY FORWARD, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND VEER THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS. THE AIRPLANE WAS SLOW AT THE END OF THE LANDING ROLL. VERY MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.